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Roy Ayers - He's a Superstar (Recontructed by Monsieur Jean)

from Abracadabra #1 by Groove Park Records

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AllMusic Review by Jason Ankeny

He's Coming captures Roy Ayers at the absolute top of his game, masterminding jazz-funk grooves as taut as a tightrope. Profoundly inspired by the Broadway musical Jesus Christ Superstar (and including a reading of the soundtrack's "I Don't Know How to Love Him"), the album is a deeply felt exploration of Ayers' spiritual and social beliefs, celebrating the life and rebirth of Jesus with "He's a Superstar" and its follow-up title cut before delivering the equally impassioned political manifesto "Ain't Got Time to Be Tired," a wake-up call for slumbering revolutionaries. Aided by an exemplary backing unit featuring saxophonist Sonny Fortune, bassist John Williams, keyboardist Harry Whitaker, and drummer Billy Cobham, Ayers channels the intensity of his message into his music, creating the most vibrant and textured music of his career to date. The atmospheric "We Live in Brooklyn, Baby" is an absolute masterpiece, a haunting hybrid of jazz, funk, and soul that exemplifies the Ayers aesthetic at its most far-reaching and inventive.

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from Abracadabra #1, released October 29, 2015
Arranged By, Electric Piano, Organ, Vocals – Harry Whitaker
Arranged By, Vibraphone, Organ, Vocals – Roy Ayers
Art Direction, Design – Kats Abe*
Backing Vocals – Carol Smiley, Gloria Jones, Victoria Hospedale
Bass – John Williams (8) (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B3 to B5), Ron Carter (tracks: B2)
Co-producer – Ed Kollis (tracks: B2), Myrnaleah Williams (tracks: B2)
Congas – Juma Santos*
Design – Kinji Nakamura
Drums – David Lee, Jr.*
Drums, Percussion – Billy Cobham
Engineer – Rudy Van Gelder
Guitar – Bob Fusco (tracks: B2), Sam Brown (2) (tracks: A1 to A4, B1, B3 to B5)
Photography By – Minoru Aoki (2)
Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Sonny Fortune
Strings – Selwart Clarke

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